Kashi Corridor – Are heritage structures, shrines, & “Devata-Murtis” being demolished?
This report was triggered by a Facebook Live by the Sankaracharya designate of the Jyotish peeth, Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati in which he accused the UP government under Yogi Adityanath of destroying heritage More...
Indian History in Perspective – 3 : How India Culturalized the World
[contextly_sidebar id=”hMH0TYXI2vzoZgmgYKpOcumlFEl9LJ7s”] In the previous part, we had discussed how Indians had civilized the world. We had talked about how the R1a1a haplogroup (a genetic marker), More...
Indian History in Perspective – 2 : How India Civilized the World
[contextly_sidebar id=”EY9v9asfL16rGvMD95vXlfvw0QQiRTEU”] In the previous part we had discussed how Indians had peopled and colonized the world. We had started out by pointing out the flaws of teaching More...
Continuous, Comprehensive and Cumulative – The Knowledge Tradition of India
What does India have to offer? It is a question which is often put to Indians by a curious visitor. The answer is seldom easy or straight. Indians usually launch into a confused ramble about the ‘diversity’ More...
Book Review: The Educational Heritage of Ancient India by Sahana Singh
The Educational Heritage of Ancient India: How an Ecosystem of Learning was Laid to Waste by Sahana Singh is available on Amazon. In her book, The Educational Heritage of Ancient India, Sahana Singh shakes the More...
भारतम् – वैश्विक-शैक्षणिक-शिखरतः निरक्षरतायाः कन्दरायाम् – २
[contextly_sidebar id=”FnQ4fHtC3uIZchlHG9EUFqJB5cDUvQxJ”] This article has been translated from English by Hiren Dave (@Vyasonmukh) शिक्षण-विकल्पाः प्राचीने More...
Beyond Belief: We Are Not All the Same
Believer, the recent documentary by Reza Aslan, succeeded in creating quite a buzz among Hindus all over the world. Most people took umbrage over the fact that Aslan zeroed in on a fringe community of ‘believers’ More...
ಸಂನ್ಯಾಸ- ಒಂದು ಸಮೀಕ್ಷೆ
ತ್ಯಾಗೇನೈಕೇ ಅಮೃತತ್ವ ಮಾನಶುಃ— ಎಂದು ಉಪನಿಷತ್ತುಗಳು ಘೋಷಿಸುತ್ತವೆ. ವೇದ, ಪುರಾಣ, ರಾಮಾಯಣ More...
Reza Aslan’s ‘Believer’- An Exhibit of Unconcealed Hinduphobia
From colonial times, Indians have been characterized as predominantly savage, otherworldly, uncivilized, and by implication, in need of ‘civilizing’. These long perpetuated portrayals of Hindus did not remain More...
From World’s Education Capital to Depths of Illiteracy – Part III
[contextly_sidebar id=”ATgqup0t7M9Ck8j9WpIITQrW0MiX26SM”] Deathly blow to Indian universities Imagine a group of horsemen riding into the campus of a world-famous university, mowing down students and More...